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— Haruki Murakami
That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.
— Haruki Murakami
Snack-maker Calbee Inc. will build a new production unit at its factory in Kyoto Prefecture to meet growing demand for cereal, mainly in China, the company has said. Calbee will invest around ¥7 billion to construct the new facility with two production lines at its plant in the city of ...
Tokyo Electric said Thursday it will seek an industry peer to become its partner in the nuclear power business and draw up a basic framework for the tie-up around fiscal 2020. The tie-up will cover the Higashidori nuclear power station in Aomori Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said ...
The dollar was firmer above ¥114 in Tokyo on Thursday while trading was subdued amid a dearth of major trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥114.20-20, up from ¥113.89-90 at the same time on Wednesday. The euro was at $1.0886-0887, down slightly from $1.0891-0891, and at ¥124.33-33, ...
The benchmark Nikkei average advanced further to close at a fresh 17-month high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, backed by the yen’s continued weakening against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei finished up 61.46 points, or 0.31 percent, at 19,961.55, marking its highest finish since 20,012.40 on Dec. 1, ...
Nissan Motor Co. announced Thursday that it forecasts a 19 percent profit drop for the current business year through March 2018, echoing gloomy forecasts given earlier by two other Japanese auto giants — Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Nissan said it estimates a ¥535 billion net profit for ...
Toshiba Corp. has given up finding a new auditor to check its earnings for fiscal 2016 in place of its current auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC, according to informed sources. The effort failed ahead of the Tokyo Stock Exchange-set deadline next Monday for companies listed on the exchange to release their ...
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of French carmaker Renault SA, sees the embrace of globalization by France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron as a harbinger of faster growth for the country’s economy. He also signaled that Macron’s policies could pave the way for a deeper alliance between Renault and Nissan. “The fact ...
Shinto elders at the centuries-old Unesco World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine upset neighbors when they bulldozed a swath of old Kyoto forest to build an apartment complex with units selling for more than $2 million apiece. “They should call it the Shimogamo Corporation,” says one angry parishioner, Akira Hitomi. ...
High prices are putting new condominiums out of reach for average workers. With demand dampened by high acquisition costs, the number of new condos on offer across Japan in 2016 fell for the third year in a row, hitting the lowest level in 24 years. According to the Real Estate ...
Japan posts its largest current account surplus in nearly a decade for 2016 as exports thrived on falling oil prices and tourism surged. The post Japan’s fiscal 2016 current account surplus largest in nine years appeared first on The Japan Times.
EGW Asset Management Inc., which manages about ¥200 billion ($1.8 billion) in assets, has acquired an office building in central Tokyo for about ¥30 billion. The asset manager bought Shinagawa Seaside TS Tower, a 23-story office building, on behalf of an unidentified South Korean institutional investor who is investing in ...
New Zealand formally ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Thursday, becoming the second signatory country to do so after Japan, and just days ahead of Prime Minister Bill English’s visit to Japan to promote trade and economic ties. Trade Minister Todd McClay welcomed the Cabinet’s decision to ratify the free-trade ...
Deep inside the Rock of Gibraltar is a room known as The Vault. Dug by the British Army in World War II, the room now houses servers that power the websites of dozens of international online gambling companies. Those companies were lured to this speck of British territory on Spain’s ...
Europe, Japan and Canada hope a G7 meeting in Italy this week will give them a better picture of U.S. President Donald Trump’s direction on key policies that he has yet to spell out. The official agenda for Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers in the city of ...
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Wednesday tech developers have a responsibility to prevent a dystopian “1984” future as the U.S. technology titan unveiled a fresh initiative to bring artificial intelligence into the mainstream. At the start of its annual Build Conference, Microsoft sought to showcase applications with artificial intelligence ...
The Dakota Access pipeline leaked 84 gallons of oil in South Dakota early last month, which an American Indian tribe says bolsters its argument that the pipeline jeopardizes its water supply and deserves further environmental review. The state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the April 4 spill was ...
Japan’s central government debt stood at a record 1.072 quadrillion ($9.4 trillion) at the end of fiscal 2016 in March, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. The amount owed per person came to approximately ¥8.45 million, based on Japan’s estimated population of 126.79 million as of April 1. The central government’s ...
Boeing is suspending test flights of a new commercial airplane because of possible problems with a key engine part. The company said Wednesday it was notified of a potential manufacturing-quality issue by CFM, which makes the engines for the Boeing 737 Max. Boeing Co. said it has not experienced any ...
A Japanese retailer famous for minimalist products and no-logo branding is betting big on India, the world’s most colorful retail market, as it pushes forward with an aggressive overseas expansion. Strong growth and demographic trends will eventually make India the second-largest international market for Muji stores, after China, said Satoru ...
A government panel of experts proposed Wednesday that so-called integrated resorts in the country be required to have casinos and four other types of facilities. Each integrated resort must have a convention center, a recreation facility such as a shopping mall and a museum, a facility that makes proposals for ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its net profit declined for the first time in five years in a downward trend it expects to continue in the near future. The post Toyota’s profits decline on stronger yen, political instability appeared first on The Japan Times.